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SpaceX Starship launch: all of the news on its test flight and that explosive ending

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31 out of 33 isn’t too bad.

Elon Musk says that only 31 of the 33 engines on SpaceX’s Starship booster actually fired, but the static fire test was still a thing to behold. Despite that, the test went really well otherwise according to the people over at the NASA Spaceflight channel, paving the way towards the ship actually launching.

They should start playing replays soon, so tune in if you want to see some flames.

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